netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH] ixgbe: Drop unnecessary call to rcu

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Date:	Mon, 30 Mar 2015 11:35:58 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...hat.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH] ixgbe: Drop unnecessary call to rcu_barrier

On Mon, 2015-03-30 at 09:41 -0700, Alexander Duyck wrote:
> The ixgbe driver hasn't used call_rcu to free the rings for some time
> now.
> Since that is the case the call to rcu_barrier can be dropped since
> calls
> to kfree_rcu don't require it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...hat.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c |    2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

Thanks Alex, I will add you patch to my queue.
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